KimchiMonger

I'm in N.Texas where the holly does very well as a large shrub and makes up part of much landscaping here.

As a beginner myself, not having a lot of bonsai growing experience nor thousands to spend on finished high quality bonsai, I've entertained the idea of working with affordable nursery stock other than a couple of $100 range trees I've acquired. I was excited about the challenge of taking a seemingly ugly bush in a plastic pot and trying to uncover a trainable future bonsai.

I'm posting initial and soon to be progressive pics of a couple of hollys I'm working on now. Not masterpieces but hey, for $10 and a learning curb on my part I'm working on developing them the best I can and then some.

Any comments regarding this species or experience with such would make a great read for those of us interested. I've placed the photos on my own hosting service as they are several and will continue to grow as I update with progress photos.

You can check some of them out HERE.

Thanks again for any input and happy bonsaing! Is that a word? I dunno but it'll have to suffice for now.

Randy S.

philgrayser

Hi Randy, i like your trees nice efforts. I like the first one the best myself the Dwarf Black Olive - if it were my tree i would put it into a bigger pot like a nice flat round pot that would go with the canopy shape as the tree looks a bit too big for the pot that it is in. cheers Phil G